Kirklees Library events June 2013/Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition

Just received the Library Events programme from Diane Green of Kirklees Library and I thought my followers would be interested in the information:

·        Write out Loud.  Wednesday 19^th June 7.30-9.30pm at Marsden Library.  £2 inc refreshments. Popular open mic poetry group- a friendly and supportive bunch hosted by Julian Jordan.  Whether you write your own or bring along a favourite poem or just come along to listen you are most welcomed.  If anyone can remember the theme for the month please let me know as I have forgotten!

http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/community/localorgs/orgdetails.asp?OrgID=6945

·        Tuesday 25^th June, 1-2.30pm at Huddersfield Art Gallery we are very lucky to bring you Damian Barr author of Maggie and Me: Damian Barr tells stories. Some are true. Some just might be. 

He is a journalist, Radio 4 playwright, Host of the Soho House Literary Salon and cultural entrepreneur. In 2006 Hodder & Stoughton published his book about the quarterlife crisis. ‘Get It Together: Surviving Your Quarterlife Crisis’ was serialized in the Times and featured on Richard & Judy. 

Damian made headlines from the New York Times to the Times of India for his pioneering role as the world’s first ever reader-in-residence. He now spends a month a year living in hotels reading stories aloud to guests. He’s been a celebrity judge for the Orange Prize and runs reading holidays in the UK and abroad - see www.readingweekend.co.uk.

His recently published memoir of deprivation and survival Maggie and Me is shrewdly constructed and written with a winning dry humour.  Maggie & Me is a touching and darkly witty memoir about surviving Thatcher's Britain; a story of growing up gay in a straight world and coming out the other side in spite of, and maybe because of, the iron lady.

Tickets at the bargain price of £2 are available at any Kirklees Box Office 01484 223200 or on line at https://tickets.kirklees.gov.uk/esro/loader.asp?target=hall.asp?event=3845025&interface=15

 

·        Wednesday 26^th June, 7.30-9.00pm at Golcar Library.  Meet author and Sherlockian David Stuart-Davies.  Davies has written extensively about Sherlock Holmes, both fiction and non-fiction.  He is the editor of Red Herrings, the monthly in-house publication of the Crime Writers' Association

Tickets £2 from Golcar Library or any Kirklees Box Office 01484 223200 or on line https://tickets.kirklees.gov.uk/esro/loader.asp?target=hall.asp?event=3845022&interface=15

 

·        Thursday 27^th June 7.30-9.30pm at Huddersfield Town Hall we have a treat for poetry lovers.  Jo Haslam and Cristina Navazo- Eguia Newton with poetry performance from both interspersed with flamenco hondo singing from Spanish born Cristina. 

 

Tickets £3/£2 Kirklees passports from both Marsden and Slaithwaite Libraries and any Kirklees Box office tel 01484 223200 or on line at https://tickets.kirklees.gov.uk/esro/loader.asp?target=hall.asp?event=3845029&interface=15

 

·        Wednesday 3^rd July, 7.30-9.30pm, Marsden Library £2 including refreshments. Marsden Storytelling Club is now Marsden Yarn Spinners. Come and tell a tale, play a tune, sing us a song, or simply listen and enjoy!  This is a small, welcoming group who love a good tale. You are most welcome to join us.  This month, hosted by Ana Trillo, we present the second half of the brand new tale by Tim Padmore: The Boy and the Big Block of Ice.  A committed climate change campaigner Tim has woven a modern tale with Inuit and other traditional arctic fables.  Not to be missed! The first half was fantastic and we cannot wait for the second instalment- a resume will be available. There will still be an open mic session as well.  The 1^st Wednesday of every month.

http://www.kirklees.gov.uk/events/eventdetails.asp?evDtID=119244&evID=18451

 

·        Wed 10^th July, Judith Barrow at Slaithwaite Library 7.30-9.00pm.  Her latest books Pattern of Shadows and Changing Patterns are based in Oldham and Manchester during and after WW2.  Mary is a nurse at a prisoner of war camp, her brother a conscientious objector; this is a family saga to be recommended. “The story is a rattling good read; the bleakness of the era is offset by black humour and decent people.”

Tickets at £2.00 will be available from the library 01484 222555 or on line.

 

 

From Batley Writers; we have Poetry in the Park at Crow Nest Park, Dewsbury on Saturday, July 13th (1.30), and Saturday, October 5th (1.30). The theme is The Seasons-Summer/Autumn

Lend us your ears- an evening of verse and music.  Friday 21^st June, 7.30pm at Millbridge WMC, Liversedge WF15 7ER Tickets are £5 and are available by calling 07900 695873. A Kirkwood Hospice appeal.  For more details: http://www.capitalappeal.org/events.php

Rhyme and Reason: another opportunity for poets to submit a favourite poem is this weekly diary which is packed with short stories and poems in aid of the Iain Rennie Grove House Hospice Care.  For further details visit www.irgh.prg.uk

Wordquake and East Riding Libraries present…
 
Bridlington Poetry Festival 2013
Friday 14 – Sunday 16 June
 
Three packed days of poetry performances, workshops, talks and film screenings in the beautiful cliff-top setting of Sewerby Hall, two miles north of Bridlington.
 
Now in its fourth year, Bridlington Poetry Festival 2013 welcomes poets from the East Riding of Yorkshire, from across the UK and around the world. This year’s 30 performers include Jackie Kay, Jo Shapcott, Don Paterson and Festival Patron Ian McMillan.
 
This year sees the launch of the Bridlington Poetry Festival Summer School, an intensive creative writing programme for a maximum of 12 participants alongside the Festival programme, led by renowned poets and tutors Daljit Nagra and Pascale Petit. With accommodation in a sea-front hotel, participants will enjoy morning classes together, afternoon one-to-one sessions with the tutors, a free pass to all afternoon and evening Festival event and an exclusive performance by their tutors.
 
The Festival will also feature performances by primary and secondary students who have been working with poet Andrew McMillan in schools around Bridlington, some brilliant interactive performances for young people including Spill the Beans, a Poetry Slam Cabaret, a Poetry Geo-Cache for families in association with The Poetry Society and more than a few nice surprises...
 
Full details of the programme and ticketing information are available at www.bridlington-poetry-festival.com.

Call for Entries: The Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition

 

Aesthetica are looking for imaginative pieces of writing that push the boundaries of two categories: Poetry and Fiction. The Creative Writing Competition, now in its sixth year, offers both existing and aspiring writers the chance to showcase their work to a wider international audience. Submissions previously published elsewhere are accepted.

 

Entry is £10 and the deadline for submissions is 31 August.

 

The Winner of each category will receive £500 prize money, publication in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Annual, a complimentary copy of the Annual and a selection of books from competition partners.

 

Visit www.aestheticamagazine.com/creativewriting for more information and register your entry today!

 

Submission Guidelines:

• Fiction entries should be no more than 2,000 words each
• Poetry entries should be no more than 40 lines each
• Both Fiction and Poetry entries should be written in English